New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-25
BULLDOZING CONFESSED.


which has had one result of Importance 10 the
whdc country. Governor Mcfnery Is can
didatc for reelection to third term ana IS
opposed by Ex-Governor Nichols, who l. nj
tLc head Of the "Rcformcrs,' while Governor
McEnoiy is the candidate Of the King. Much
II the controversy is upon matters OF pureI!
State interest. The question OF white suprcm-
acy however. is playing an important part III
the contest, and the uttcranccs oil Governor
NcEncry and his friends in dealing with TINS
lave shed a flood Of light upon the political
crimes committed in that State IN the year
IS. Of bloody memory.
Tho principal weapon of t1ic King against
cy-Gc,crnor NicholiS is that he is not " safe
Oh the great question OF white supremacy, that
re cannot be trusted to go a. far rs the adyo-
Gates If the shotgun policy would like. Gov
crnor NcEncry and Senator EuSus spoke the
ether day at a meeting 1T Monroe, and this
was the burden Of their complaint, against Mr..
Nichols, Mr. EuStis dwclt. in particular,
upon the Eaters course regarding the
"trouhlcs' in Tcnsos Parish in 1879. Coy
crnnr Nicho'l; IN his next annual message
frankly admitted that there had been bull
doing and murdorou' intimidation there,
and this admission was used by
the Federal prosecuting officers IN
the h'as which f.l,wcd, and by
Scnator T.Il'r upon tho floor Of the Senate in
Washington Governor Ncrncry told this
episode Mt full cnr,h. evidently knowing that
1t would greatly damage Mr. Nichols IN the
eyes of his party. The Governor had no word
~ condemnation for the bul'dozcrs Tor what
he called vaguely certain things" they had
done, but he severely ccnsurcd Mr.. Nichols
for "at least a want Of prudence" in bring
INC the matter 90 the attention 81 the I."giSla-
lure Senator EuSti~ said plainly that the OK
Governors course in the matter had been such
that he could never receive his dhc Senators
political approved" Mr. Nichols had then q
anand opportunity to defy and resent Northern
opinion upon this subJcct-to prove that 1t =
the duty Of a Democratic Executive IN the
state Of louisiana in Il crisis Of race conflict.
! to Syrnpathzc with the white pcoIlc'-v ithoui
| regard to the merits Of The case. OF colusc.
! IN tho solution Of this question. "a policy Of
1 conservatism and Of conc ilatlon'-mark that
word" means lncontcSt1bly the domination
| Il the whites by thc negro race To accom-
/ pli,h "thc results" they were now enjoying
bad " cost the pcorl' of Louisiana trials. SIC
Iitccs and iribhlati"nS. which no pcollc have
ever endured since society va, organized and
government was first founded " " hat il cost
the coIorcd people he did not say. "Eycry
election up to and including 1876, twas a
revolution"
And the end is not yet. it seems. Senator
Euslis says: " We are AZ far to-day from the
solution Of the negro problem as We were when
il was first imposed on uS.n 1--WE have Ia
determine" he says. "whcthcr The negro Shal.
govern and rule tho white man. or the white
man the negro" He cannot reconcile the
safety Of the State" with Mr. Nlchols's cx-
trmcy conservative ideas" upon this sub
lcCt. and warmly cOmmcnds tho Governor for
his iirmncss, independence and resolution
IN other words, II must be- understood that the
butdoZcrs are ready al any time to begin
again. Much in the same line is the Governor
citation Of cx-Govcrnor Nicholas declarations
20 the MacNcagh Commission. This was that
in his opinion, "any course OF political action
traced on "a narrower line than the good Of the
whole pcolic. regardless OF color or condition
must inevitably lead to disaster and ruin >
H. would be supposed that such sentiments
if sincere. deserved admiration. but Governor
McEncry actually quotes them as a rcproach
to his rival.
The most significant part Of the Governors
speech was that in which he cndcavorcd, with
Cut talking too openly, to claim the credit OF
the victory" Of 1876 for the bulldozcrs as
against Ex-Governor Nichols who had frankly
aScIIbcd IT to his own purchase" of several
negro legislators. II this is true, the Coy
crnor says, "whcrc are the efforts Of East and
West Baton Rouge and Of East and West
fcIiciana ?" The Governor calls the men who
figured there and IN other famous budozro
parishes, "gailant patriots" Was it "any
wonder" he asks "thal the fierce passions o
evolution should be cngcndcrcd and the tlagi,
period Of 1876 cnactedW Here is "A signllican
uttcrancc:
II tho Nichols government organized 80 ca-i
by the rca'y purchase of negroes who ike rats wnr
to quiz s.nkI.g ship. AMI 80 Il oul cheap, wha
crimes wcfo 60 omitted In what arr known TO bell
d,zng parishrsl Who IL there, them that can rc,o
10 his record his wachiuno-s by aay an by night
tho responsibilities he assuncd and the risks he en-
counirrcul None not one
Again:
lhe contest qu Ok and decisive, and the ccssailo
Of rifle reports and the silence Of Cams cannon al
no cd that tho morrow peace ami quiet
Victory would be- with a Ong suffering oOpie Villa
was done In Oulchlta also done In the tcllciara
aud Ia Baton Rouge, AMI II was ito deteraino
spirit OF the oplo that gave TO Louisiana her oman
clpalon from ro-csI pet bag domination AM eecte
rrancis 7. NcLo Governor.
But We need not rely upon the yelled phrase
Of the Governor of Louisiana, when We cai
give the Interpretation put upon IT by lead
ing Democratic newspaper. The truth some
times comes out in quarrcls Of this kind